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TAMPA, Fla. - Two years ago, as commander of U.S. Forces-Iraq, Army Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III was marching against a strict Dec. 31, 2011, deadline to complete the largest logistical drawdown since World War II.

June 25, 2013|
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
|News+Opinion

WASHINGTON - Opening more jobs in the military to women -- in particular lifting the combat exclusion -- is the right thing to do, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Thursday as he brushed aside any notion that the armed forces would have to lower standards to do so.

June 21, 2013|
By Nick Simeone
American Forces Press Service
|News+Opinion

The Georgia Department of Transportation's summer construction season is under way. However, the DOT vows to be as non-disruptive as possible while making these critical improvements to the state's transportation system.

Mayor Jim Thomas said he and other political and business leaders traveled to Washington, D.C., last week to express their concerns about the affect sequestration has on Coastal Georgia's military communities.

Some residents living near Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield began having problems with their garage-door remote-control devices in April, right after the installation made changes to its radio equipment.

About 130 soldiers with the 3rd Infantry Division's 1st Armor Brigade Combat Team arrived home from Afghanistan late Thursday afternoon. Many of them were coming home a few months before the end of the scheduled nine-month combat tour.

Gov. Nathan Deal announced Monday that the management of the Georgia Military Affairs Coordinating Committee will return to the state as part of the strategic Defense Initiative that got under way late last year.